What should Hardik Pandya do to win Gujarat Titans fans back? ‘Play for India…’, quips Brian Lara
Hardik Pandya was booed by Gujarat Titans fans on his return to the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday as he led the Mumbai Indians in their IPL 2024 opener.
There was more than one incident of Pandya being booed by the Gujarat Titans fans. He captained the Gujarat franchise with aplomb over the past two seasons: the Titans won the IPL title in their first ever season, and lost to Chennai Super Kings in the final last time around.
But in the off-season, Pandya was prised away by the Mumbai Indians in a hotly-debated transfer. The Mumbai franchise also chose to hand him the captaincy over longtime skipper Rohit Sharma, which cause further debate in the Mumbai fanbase.
But what the Gujarat fans thought of the transfer was evident when their former captain was out in the field at Ahmedab...